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Who are the brothers of Yusuf (Joseph)?

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The exegetes mentioned that Yusuf's brothers were twelve: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zebulun, and Issachar, their mother being "Leah." He also had sons from two concubines: Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. Then Jacob married her sister "Rachel," who bore him Yusuf and Benjamin.

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